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Chapter 1

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anatomy   study of the the structure of an organism and the relationships of its parts (Body parts)  
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physiology   study of the functions of living organisms and their parts (how the body works)  
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homeostasis   means staying the same! The balance the body tries to maintain by keeping the internal enviroment the same  
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cells   smallest "living" units of structure and function in our body  
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tissues   an organization of many similar cells that act together to perform a common function  
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organs   larger and more complex than tissues. An organ is a group of several different kinds of tissues arranged so that they can together act as a unit to perform a special function  
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anatomical position   erect or standing posture with the arms at the sides and the palms turned forward.  
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supine   Remember "Supine on the spine" body is lying face upward  
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prone   body lying face down  
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scientific method   systematic approach to discovery  
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hypothesis   a resonable guess based on previous informal observations or tested eplanations  
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theory or law   a hypothesis that has gained a high level of confidence  
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experimentation   the testing of a hypothesis  
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superior   toward the head, upper or above  
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inferior   toward the feet, lower or below  
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anterior   front or front of ( remember A before P)  
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posterior   in back of  
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Ventral   toward the belly also meaning front in place of anterior  
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dorsal   toward the back ( think dorsal fin of a shark is on the back)  
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medial   toward the midline of the body ( think medial, mid)  
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lateral   away from midline ( think Later, away from now)  
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proximal   toward or nearest the trunk of the body, or nearest the point of origin of one of its parts ( proximal = approximately = almost)  
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distal   away from or farthest from the trunk or the point of origin of a body part ( think distal, distance)  
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superficial   nearer body surface ( letters in superficial can spell surface)  
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deep   farther away from body surface  
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sagittal   lengthwise plane running from front to back. Divides the body into right and left sides  
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frontal   or coronal is a lengthwise plane running from side to side. it divides the body or any of its parts into anterior (front) and posterior (back) portions  
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transverse   horizonal plane that divides the body or any of its parts into upper and lower  
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ventral cavity   1 of 2 body cavities. Organ containing space in the anterior or front trunk of the body that includes the thoracic and abdominopelvic cavities  
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dorsal cavity   (think dorsal fin on back) houses things in the back - cranial and spinal cavities  
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Thoracic Cavity   think chest area. Middle of is mediastinum. The rest is right and left pleural cavities  
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diaphragm   dome shaped and muscular. Most important for breathing. Separates the thoracic and the addominal cavities  
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upper abdominopelvic region   right and left hypochondriac regions and the epigastric region divides across the 9th rib cartlidges  
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middle abdominopelvic region   right and left lumbar and the umbilical region. Lies between 9th rib cartlidge and above the hip bone  
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lower abdominopelvic region   right and left iliac ( or inguinal)and hypogastric region  
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cranial cavity   space inside the skull that contains the brain. The cranial cavity is in the dorsal cavity  
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spinal cavity   contains the spinal cord. The spinal cavity is in the dorsal cavity.  
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axial   head, neck and torso or trunk of the body  
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appendicular   refers to upper and lower extremities ( think appendages)  
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abdominopelvic cavity   word to describe the single space containing the abdominal and pelvic organs  
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mediastinum cavity   midportion of the thoracic cavity. It contains trachea, heart and blood vessels  
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dissection   cutting technique used to separate body parts for study  
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effector   responding organ for example voluntary, involuntary muscles, the heart and glands  
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feedback loop   highly complex and integrated communication, control network,classified as negative or positive  
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negative feedback loop   most important and numerous homestatic control mechanisms. Causes the level of a variable to be changed in the direction opposite to the intial stimulus  
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Positive feedback loop   causes the level of variable to be pushed futher in the direction of original deviation, causing an amplification of the original stimulus  
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atrophy   wasting away of tissue; decrease in size of a part sometimes referred to as disuse atrophy.  
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